Single Idea 6667

[catalogued under 12. Knowledge Sources / E. Direct Knowledge / 4. Memory]

Full Idea

Memory of facts is quite different from memory of practical skills, and both are quite distinct from what is sometimes called personal or autobiographical memory.

Gist of Idea

There are memories of facts, memories of practical skills, and autobiographical memory

Source

E.J. Lowe (Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind [2000], Ch.10)

Book Reference

Lowe,E.J.: 'Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind' [CUP 2000], p.277


A Reaction

If we accept David Marshall's proposal (Idea 6668), then all of the mind is memory, of many different types, and so the above analysis will be much too simple.

Related Idea

Idea 6668 If the present does not exist, then consciousness must be memory of the immediate past [Marshall]